放映 fàngyìng to project (an image onto a screen)
to project (an image onto a screen); to show (a movie, slide etc)
How to remember 放映: 放 put + 映 to project = to project (an image onto a screen).
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How it is used
- The specific verb for screening a film or projecting slides - 放映电影 (fàngyìng diànyǐng) show a movie, 放映厅 (fàngyìngtīng) screening room.
- Distinct from 播放 (bōfàng, play a video/audio on a device): 放映 is projection onto a screen in a cinema-style setting, more formal and specific.